Maruf Fatai Adesina, Muonwe Chidile, Odetunde Marufat
Department of Medical Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences and Technology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi, Nigeria.
Department of Physiotherapy, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Geriatr Gerontol Int. 2016 Jun;16(6):747-53. doi: 10.1111/ggi.12548. Epub 2015 Jul 14.
Reports on social risk factors for falls are scarce. This study explored the associations of selected sociodemographic and health variables with falls among rural Nigerian community-dwelling older adults.
The present cross-sectional study involved 131 community-dwelling older adults (84 women and 47 men) recruited at an outreach center. Demographic (age, sex and marital status), social (frequency of visiting relations and friends, and number of consistent informal carers) and health (number of comorbid conditions) variables were recorded.
Having fewer than two informal carers (0.26, 95% CI 0.10-0.68) was independently associated with reduced risk for falls. Visiting relations and friends less than twice per week was independently associated with greater risks for falls (3.85, 95% CI 1.42-10.46) and recurrent falls (4.86, 95% CI 1.25-18.85).
The number of informal carers and frequency of social visits are risk factors for falls in older adults, and need to be taken into consideration in any strategy for fall prevention in older adults. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2015; ●●: ●●-●●.
关于跌倒社会风险因素的报告较少。本研究探讨了选定的社会人口学和健康变量与尼日利亚农村社区居住的老年人跌倒之间的关联。
本横断面研究纳入了在一个外展中心招募的131名社区居住的老年人（84名女性和47名男性）。记录了人口统计学（年龄、性别和婚姻状况）、社会（探访亲戚和朋友的频率以及固定非正式照料者的数量）和健康（共病情况数量）变量。
非正式照料者少于两名（0.26，95%可信区间0.10 - 0.68）与跌倒风险降低独立相关。每周探访亲戚和朋友少于两次与跌倒风险增加（3.85，95%可信区间1.42 - 10.46）和反复跌倒风险增加（4.86，95%可信区间1.25 - 18.85）独立相关。
非正式照料者数量和社会探访频率是老年人跌倒的风险因素，在任何老年人跌倒预防策略中都需要考虑。《老年医学与老年病学国际杂志》2015年；●●：●● - ●●。
